The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-12-22
De Chu'ch an Prohibition.

De Cllu'ch an Prohibition.
"Wcll, bre'r Edom, what you think
bout all dis heer pohibition lection uE
ysnder to Atlanty," asked bre'r Thusaleb
as he dropped in at aunt Beady's last
Saturday night to talk over the news o.
the week, can de ministries er de gospi
tekin part int lack dey sch dey done?'
II doan wanter heer bout no sech,'
answered uncle Edom emphatically
ministers er de gospil ain got no call tc
be mixin' deyselves up wid politics; dere
business wid religion"
"But amt it de part er religion to KEEP
folks fun gittin' drunk?" asked bre'l
Thusaleh, always ready to break a theo
logical lance with his Baptist rival.
"Yeh, but de pint is-in fac, you see
dar is diffunce," said uncle Edom, q
little staggered by this thrust. "Jes' to
preach agin folks gittiu' drunk in gener'l,
dat's religion, but when it come to votin'
agin it, votin's politics, au' de chu'ch
aim got nothin' to do wid it; kinsequont.
ly, when a ministure preach egin' drink,
in, fun de pulpit, dat's religion en- hits
all right, but when it come to tellin' folks
to vote agin it, dat's politics, an hits all
wrong-leastways, dat's my on'erstannin'
er what de newspapers sch, an newspa-
pers gifts powerful religious, you know,
when dey on'ertakes to tell preachers
what dey oughter Co."
"Den sposen you wouldn't "a voted
atall, eff you'd ben in Atlanty las Sad.
day~
"Yeh, eh yeh in case I'd voted, 'caze
I'm agin pohibition, an dat ain politics
Its only dem what teks sides fur pohi.
bition dat is meddlin' wild politics. Ain
you read de ne-spapers7 Wherever a
minister er de gospil come out agin pohi-
bitiou. de papers all sch he's good man
he's ten'nin' 10. his own business he ain
mixin' hisse'f up wild politics. Hits
only dem what comes out fur pohibition,
lack Misser Sam Jo es an DR.. Haw-
thorne, as is meddlin' wild what doan
concern 'em, an bringin' de chu'ch into
politics. Dat what mex sch I'd voted
eff I'd ben in Atlanty, 'caze, not bein'
pohibition, I wouldn't been interrogatin'
fun de indignity uf a minister er de gos.
pill, but ef you was pohibitioner, in case
you oughtn't to voted, nur to sch moth.
in, 'caze you can't. talk fur pohibition,
'dout tekin' part in politics"
ell doan see de difunce," said bre'r
Thusaleh, scratching his head.
"But dar is a diffunce," insisted uncle
Edom, "'caze de antises amt aimin' to
change nothin'. Dey jes' wants to lei
folks go long an do lack dey's al'us ben
a doin', but de pohibitioners, dey waits
to go to meddlin' wild de chu'ch's bust
ness,-fur eff dey goes an puts stop to
men gettin' drunk, by votin' dat da.
sban't be no mo- Liquor, dar woan' be nc
'cassion lef' fur de chu'ch to preach agin
it, an what's q gwinter become er de
chu'ch eff dar ain no mo- sinners to be
convarted? Answer me datp
"Well, but it pear to me-" said bre'r
Thusaleh, meekly, slack it oughter be
jes' cz much pusson's duty to vote agin
sin ez to preach agin it, an eff you sch
de pohibitioners is meddlin' wild de
chu'ch's business, why den it look to me
lack de chu'ch am jes' only 'tennin' to
| it's own business when it vote fur pohibi.
tion."
"You doan on'erstan' de pint" said
uncle Edom, bringing. the bowl of his
pipe down on the table with an emphatic
rap. "Ain't jes' tole you dat votin' was
politics, an de chu'ch didn't have no call
to be meddlin' wid politics! 'Taint nc
use talkin' wid you, eff you can't on'er'
STAN after rs done 'splained it so clar." !"
a grunt of approval went round the
circle, and bre'r Thusaleh, after being
thus unanimously sat down upon, did not
venture another observation.
The company sat putting their pipes
awhile in silence, and then bre'r Jerry
remarked:
ri ain no pohibitioner myself, but !
mus low dat all desc heer 'lections has
done q heep er good to de cullud people
by settin' de white folks agin one an
other. Long ez de white folks all vote
de same way, lack dey does fur president
an sech, dey doan set no sto' by de cul'
lud vote, 'caze dey knows dey kin 'lecI
who dey pleases 'dout it; but when dey's
agin one another, lack dey is about pohi
bi,ion, den de cullud man kin step in
lack de fox in de dog fight an run Of
wild de bone"
"Dat's so, bre'r Jerry, dat's so," said
uncle Edom with chuckle, "an' it mex
mans vote wuth sumpen, too, hit do
Dem antises has got powerful sight Ell
money, an doy is gemplemen, dey is, an
doan mine giyin' good price fur vote
Now, dat's what I lacks TO see, does, ful
what's de use er hayin' vote ef you CAM
git nothin' fur it? An Lord, the vittles
dem pobibition lidics does serve out te
dere side! Eff a pusson could jes' tex s
big straddle lack de Atlanty Consitoo
ton, and keep on bofe sides at onst, ht
could have good time, shot, But dat
pohibition fence an, mighty high one
an dar aim no body got long enough leg'
to git on bofe sides uf it at onst, but d.
Atlanty Consitootion. Hits pity dt
'ections comes only onst uf two years